Noni Madueke has welcomed any ‘competition’ he will face following Arsenal’s move for Eberechi Eze and heaped praise on ‘special player’ Max Dowman.

The Gunners completed a £68m deal for Crystal Palace and England star Eze after hijacking Tottenham’s move.

Eze was closing in on a move to Spurs when Arsenal swooped in and made him Mikel Arteta’s seventh signing of the summer.

Madueke will face even greater competition at Arsenal following the arrival of Eze but says strength in depth is needed for teams who ‘want to do something special’.

The former Chelsea winger, who joined Arsenal in a deal worth more than £50m, also backed Eze to do ‘fantastically well’ under Mikel Arteta.

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